Two questions help us see why we are unlikely to get what we want by using punishment... The first question is: What… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
If we wish to express anger fully, the first step is to divorce the other person from any responsibility for our anger. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Any evaluation which implies rightness or wrongness is a tragic, suicidal expression of an unmet need. Tragic, first because it decreases our… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
There are the two main reasons we don't get our needs met. First, we don't know how to express our needs to… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
What evidence is there that we've adequately empathized with the other person? First, when an individual realizes that everything going on within… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The best way I can get understanding from another person is to give this person the understanding, too. If I want them… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
When it comes to giving advice, never do so unless you've first received a request in writing, signed by a lawyer. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Two things distinguish nonviolent actions from violent actions. First, you don't see an enemy and second, your intention is not to make… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The Indian philosopher J. Krishnamurti once remarked that observing without evaluating is the highest form of human intelligence. When I first read… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The first step in healing is to put the focus on what's alive now, not what happened in the past. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
If we ask two questions, we will see that punishment never works. First: What do we want the other person to do?… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
An important aspect of self-compassion is to be able to empathically hold both parts of ourselves-the self that regrets a past action… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Understanding the other persons' needs does not mean you have to give up on your own needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Plans to exact retribution are never going to make us safer. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
NVC gives us tools and understanding to create a more peaceful state of mind. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
What I want in my life is compassion a flow between myself and others based on mutual giving from the heart. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Analyses of others are actually expressions of our own needs and values — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Staying with empathy we allow speakers to touch deeper levels of themselves. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Often, instead of offering empathy, we have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance and to explain our own position or feeling. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
NVC is founded on language and communication skills that strengthen our ability to remain human, even under trying conditions. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
If you think ahead to what to say next - like how to fix it or make the person feel better - BOOM! Off… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
